Seed-cotton cleaner



(No Model.)

J. W. WEBB. SEED COTTON CLEANER. No. 291,442. Patented Jan. 1, 1 884.

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desirable construction, preferably composed mrn f STATES JOHN WESLEYWEBB, OF UNION srmuos, ALABAMA.

SEEDFCOTTON CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,442, dated January1, 138. Application filed February 24, 1883. Renewed October 16, 1883.(No rrodel marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view of my cleaner, andFig. 2 is atop view of the same.

The object of this invention is to clean seedcotton of sand, trash, orany foreign substance prior to ginning the cotton, in order to improvethe staple and prolong the usefulness of the gin itself by eliminatingall hard sub stances before ginning the seed-cotton and to this end theinvention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of partshereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claimsappended.

Referring byletter to the accompanying of any of the sills I), posts 0 cc, and girts (Z (Z, and a suitable casing. 7

e designates the hopper or feed-opening,

into which the seed-cotton to be cleaned is fed.

f is a drum or cylinder, having teeth 9 and brushes h h h h, which ismounted on a shaft, 6, and provided with a pulley or. bandwheel, k, toreceive a band by which it is driven.

Z designates a spreading-comb or spreader, consisting of a series oftoothed slats, m, arranged directly over the vertical diameter of thecylinder n is a curved brush, having teeth a, constructed in twosections, 0 and p. The section 0 is hinged to the top of the caseimmediately in rear of the spreader Z, and extends around the drum f tothe point (1, directly opposite the spreader Z, and the section pextends from this point up a short distance in front of the drum f, asshown, and is secured in place by a screw or bolt, r.

8 indicates a brush orfan, and t a pivoted jolting-screen pivoted at t,and operated bya cant-wheel, a, on a shaft, it, operated by abeltrun'ning from a pulley, o.

w is a feed or guide board, having at its lower end a brush-strip, 20,provided with brushes for cleaning the teeth of the drum f, andpreventing the seed-cotton from passing around it the second time. Thedrum f and the brush or fan wheel 8 have their bearings in strips at thesides of the casing, and the brush or fan 8 is provided with a pulley,s, at one end for the belt by which it is run. The

section 19 of the curved brush it extends up to the jolting-screen t,and a button, z, is em= ployed to hold it in place. I

The drum f is preferably constructed of eircular heads and a diaphragmon its shaft, connected by slats or strips, in which the brushes andteeth are inserted to leave sufficient space for the sand, trash, &c.,to fall to the bottom of the cleaner.

The object of hinging the curved brush and making it in two sections isthat it may be swung open and its teeth or brushes cleaned whennecessary. The cotton is put into the opening 6, the drum f takes thecotton and carries it against the spreader Z, which spreads it or opensit out, and then carries it around the curved brush a and throws it ontothe fan-brush s, which deposits it upon the jolting-screen, which issufficiently agitated to shake the remaining sand and trash from theseed-cotton, leaving it ready for the cottongin. Interspaces are alsoleft between the ribs of the curved brush to permit sand, &c., to passthrough.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a seed-cotton-cleaner, the combina tion of the drum f, having theteeth and brushes {1 h, the spreaderl above the drum, the curved brusha, the fan-brush 8, guideboard and brushes w w, and the jolting-soreent, substantially as and for the purposes specifled.

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2. In a seed-cottan cleaner, the combina' strip at its lower end,substantially as specition, Withthe sectional curved brush, of the fled.I I p p I I p 10 drum f, having the brushes and teeth, the In testimonywhereof Iafifix my signature in spreader Z, and the brush-fan s andjolting- 1 presence of two witnesses.

' screen It, substantially as specified. I JOHN WESLEY WEBB.

3. In a seed-cotton cleaner, the combina- Witnesses: tion, with thebrushes andspreader, as de- LEWIs Snssroxs, scribed, 0f the feed-boardhaving a brush- F. M. BELL,

